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siderable distance from the tree, just below the surface of the 

 earth. — Alfred T. Mitchell ; 5, Clayton Terrace, Gunners- 

 bury, W., September 12, 1887. 



OCNERIA DISPAR, MALFORMATION NOT HEREDITARY. — From One 



dozen pupae, obtained in August, 1886, I got five perfect insects, 

 which I killed ; the rest were badly crippled, especially the females. 

 From these I obtained about forty-five eggs, which commenced 

 hatching May 12th, 1887. The larvae were fed on hawthorn and 

 apple till July 9th, when they commenced spinning up. The 

 moths began to emerge July 29th, and, with the exception of two 

 which died in the pupge, all were perfect specimens. They thus 

 showed no hereditary malformation, though they were the 

 offspring of crippled parents. — W. H. Edwards; 21, Pitmaston 

 Road, Worcester, September 19, 1887. 



Notodonta dict^oides Double-brooded. — I took a fairly 

 fresh specimen of this moth on a lamp at Hampstead, on 4th 

 September last. Presumably it belonged to a second brood, as 

 the insect appears to be on the wing in June and July. — John 

 Lea; 2, Elm Villas, Hampstead, September, 1887. 



Acronycta alni near Scarborough. — A specimen of 

 Acronycta alni was taken at rest on some palings near to 

 Seamen Beacon, in the vicinity of Scarborough, by Mr. J. Head, 

 on June 25th. — James H. Kowntree ; Westwood, Scarborough, 

 September 17, 1887. 



Acronycta megacephala Double -brooded. — About the end 

 of July this year I took a number of the larvae of this species 

 from the trunks of poplars in Hyde Park. They spun up a few 

 days later, and on the 25th of August I was surprised to find, on 

 looking into my breeding-cage, that one of the moths had 

 emerged. A second specimen emerged on the 28th, and on the 

 29th I took a perfectly fresh specimen from a gas-lamp in 

 Brixton Road. Newman, in his ' Natural History of British 

 Moths,' makes no mention of a second brood, and gives June as 

 the time of appearance. The remainder of the pupae seem to 

 have every intention of passing the winter in that state. This 

 unusual emergence may be on account of the recent hot weather, 

 — Frank R. Jex Long ; 11, Doune Terrace, Kelvinside, 

 Glasgow, September, 1887. 



